The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Innisfail, QLD, 1944. A medical officer (MO) (left) serving with the Australian Chemical Warfare Research and Experimental Section dresses a facial wound on another member of the unit, inside the unit's aid post or clinic. The unit, later known as the 1st Field Trials Company, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), carried out experiments on the effects of mustard gas and other chemical warfare agents.
Innisfail, QLD, 1944. A medical officer (MO) (right) serving with the Australian Chemical Warfare Research and Experimental Section dresses a leg wound on another member of the unit, inside the unit's
Innisfail, QLD, c. 1943-12. Members of the Australian Chemical Warfare Research and Experimental Section carrying research equipment from a truck into the unit's Field Laboratory. The unit, later to b
Innisfail, QLD, 1943-12. The headquarters of the Australian Chemical Warfare Research and Experimental Section. The unit, later to be known as the 1st Field Trials Company, Royal Australian Engineers
Innisfail, Qld, c. 1943-12. Buildings occupied by the Australian Chemical Warfare Research and Experimental Section. The unit, later to be known as the 1st Field Trials Company, Royal Australian Engin
Innisfail, QLD, 1944. Informal portrait of Mr Frank Pasquill, a British meteorologist serving with the Australian Chemical Warfare Field and Experimental Section. The unit, later known as the 1st Fiel
Innisfail, QLD, 1944. Informal portrait of Captain Howard Skipper, a US Army biochemist and physiologist serving with the Australian Chemical Warfare Field and Experimental Section. The unit, later kn
